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S. A. PRICE.

APPLIOATION FILED ooT. 9,1908.

Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

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PATENT OFFICE.

SARAH A. PRICE, OF LUCAS, IOWA.

FAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 20, 1909.

Application filed October 9, 19087 Serial No. 456,935.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, SARAH A. PRICE, citizen of the United States, residing at Lucas, in the county of Lucas and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fans, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fans, and more particularly to a toilet fan embodying a mirror and a receptacle for carrying powder or similar toilet preparations, the same being essentially embodied in connection with a fan, in order that the same may be employed to conceal the face during the application of such preparations.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, and forming a part of this specification, and wherein like numerals are used to designate like parts throughout the several figures, Figure 1 is an elevation of a fanconstructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal seetional view taken through the lower portion of the fan, and its handle, and, Fig. 3 is an end View of the handle with its closing cap removed.

In the practical embodiment of my invention, I provide a fan comprising a relatively flat body .5, of suitable shape and material, having its lower portion extending between opposlng clamping frames 6 and 7, formed to receive mirrors 8 and 9 respectively, upon opposite sides of said fan body, which clamping frames and mirrors are illustrated in the shape of a half-moon. The lower straight edges of the clamping frames 6 and 7 are provided with centrally extending tongues 10,

between which an extending portion 11 of the fan body projects, and which tongues of said portion 11, are adapted for engagement-within the upper slotted end of a. hollow handle 8 12, to be locked therein by transverse pins 13, said clamping frames 6 and 7 being secured above said handle, by means of trans verse screws or rivets 14. The hollow handle 12, is tubular in form and is provided with its outer end closed by means of a stationary cap 15, having a circular series of spaced apertures 15 therein, and provided with a smaller sized plate 16, centrally rotatively secured thereto by a pivot pin 17, and provided with a similar circular series of spaced openings 18 to plate 15, whereby when the side openings are registered with one another, the contents of the hollow handle 12 or a. portion thereof, may be shaken out. The outer end of the hollow handle 12 is also closed by a cap 19, extending over the plates 15 and 15, and threadedly engaging thereon for ready removal. Thus with a hollow handle 12, supplied with a quantity of powder or similar toilet preparation, the user of the fan may, while in public, remove a portion of such preparation and apply the same with the aid of the mirrors 8 or 9, employing the fan body 5 to prevent general observance of her movements.

Having fully described my invention, I claim:

A fan comprising a relatively flat body, a pair of opposing clamping frames between which a portion of said body is secured, mirrors carried by said frames, and a hollow handle secured to said frames and adapted for the reception of a suitable toilet preparation, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SARAH A. PRICE. lVitnesses NELLIE B. lVALKnR, ETHEL KENT. 

